Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters

Chapter titles

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I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher

We’re introduced to Percy, Grover, and Mr. Brunner

Percy slays Mrs. Dodds with a sword on a trip to the MET museum

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We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

The group meets and defeats Medusa

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My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting

Percy, his mother, and Grover are driving to Camp Half Blood

Percy defeats the Minotaur, but loses his mother in the process

Percy makes it to Camp Half Blood

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My Best Friend Shops for a Wedding Dress

Percy has a dream about Grover running from a monster before diving into a bridal shop to hide 

Percy tells his mother about the dream and she suggests that camp isn’t safe to go to

we learn about a kid named Tyson

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We Check in to C.C.’s Spa and Resort

Percy and Annabeth deal with the goddess Circe 

Percy gets transformed into a guinea pig 

Percy turns the other guinea pigs back into people and one of them is the pirate Blackbeard

monster of the week

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Percy gets this monster’s horn as a spoil of war

The Minotaur

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Mrs. Dodds‘ true identity 

Alecto the fury/a fury

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Like Percy, this monster is also a son of Poseidon, although he only has one eye and is still upset at a man named “Nobody”

Polyphemus the Cyclops

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They meet this monster at a donut shop; whenever they cut off one head, two grow back!

The hydra

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While sailing through the Sea of Monsters, Clarisse‘s ship must deal with these two monsters: a giant whirlpool and a six-headed monster that eats people

Charybdis and Scylla 

weapons, powers, and gifts

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This sword is disguised as a ballpoint pen and Mr. Brunner gives this to Percy

Riptide/anaklusmos

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Annabeth was given this cap as a gift from her mother with a certain special ability 

Invisibility 

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These “fish ponies,” as Tyson calls them, chauffeur them throughout the water in The Sea of Monsters

Hippocampus / hippocampi 

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Luke gives this gift to Percy for his first quest. Simply say the word “Maia“ and the powers of this gift will activate 

Flying sneakers

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Clarisse was given this ship from her father Ares for her quest 

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friend or foe?

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This son of Hermes seemingly helped Percy during his first quest only to betray him in the end

Luke

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this camper tried to dunk Percy’s head in a toilet bowl, in book one, but they later came to a place of mutual respect in book two 

Clarisse 

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A strange, homeless kid Percy meets during middle school. Despite his timid nature, he’s incredibly strong 

Tyson

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Percy accidentally shoves this girl into a water fountain on their trip to the MET museum 

Nancy Bobofit

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Percy’s mother turns this man into stone at the end of book one; he also happened to be Percy’s stepdad

Gabe Ugliano/ Smelly Gabe

a bit of Greek mythology

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The official food and drink of the gods; it’s used by demigods to heal any injuries 

ambrosia and Nectar

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These singing monsters lured sailors to their deaths by enchanting them with songs. Annabeth tied herself to a ship mast to be able to hear them

Sirens

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These robotic birds attacked campers during their chariot races. They typically had bronze beaks and ate humans

Stymphalian birds

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This character once tried to steal ambrosia from the gods and was subsequently banished. He then fed his children to the gods in retaliation and has been punished in Tartarus ever since. His punishment: he will never be able to eat or drink no matter how hungry or thirsty he is

Tantalus 

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This character pretended to offer lodging to his guests but would then force them onto his special bed and either cut their legs if they were too tall or stretch them out if they were too short. The hero Theseus defeats this character, but he later appears as a store owner of “Crusty’s Water Bed Palace” 

Procrustes